Tongo, a resource of 4.5 million carat diamonds
Tongo in Sierra Leone exports Rough samples of 1626 carats! According to the Stellar Diamonds has previously reported that the Diamond Project in Sierra Leone contains a JORC-compliant inferred historical resource of 4.5 million carats. This resource is based on over 65,000m of drilling, which has delineated the kimberlite dykes to approximately 200m below surface. Newfield Executive Director, Karl Smithson, commented: “We are rapidly nearing the conclusion of the Tongo Front-End Engineering Design programme with our technical partners PPM, SRK Consulting and Datamine. Final mine optimisation is ongoing and will be completed shortly. We have also commenced the excavations and shaping of the box cut for the single access portal in order to maximise efficiency in the planned mine development schedule. The receipt of the 25 year, renewable, large-scale mining licence for Sierra Diamonds is another key step forward as we move towards the proposed commercial develop